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England Features Latest 

Leading English sparkling wine producer Nyetimber are almost through with their vintage, and it’s one of the earliest and best ever

October 10, 2025 jamiegoode 1381 Views Sparkling wine

Back in 1988, American couple Stuart and Sandy Moss changed the face of English wine forever. Back at this time

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Highlights: Smith & Evans Higher Plot Pinot Chardonnay Late Disgorged 2010 England

July 15, 2025 jamiegoode 999 Views Sparkling wine

This is really interesting; It’s a late disgorgement of an English sparkling wine that spent 13 years on its lees.

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Highlight: the stunning first edition of Perpetual from English fizz star Langham

July 14, 2025July 14, 2025 jamiegoode 3095 Views Sparkling wine

Langham Perpetual Chardonnay First Edition NV Dorset, England12% alcohol. The best wines from 2017, 2018 and 2019 blended together, and

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Features Latest Slovenia 

Slovenia: Domaine Slapšak with François Botton, who traded Champagne dreams for Dolejnska

July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 1239 Views Sparkling wine

Website: https://www.domaine-slapsak.com/en/ François Botton is French, and hails from the Champagne region. But he didn’t grow up in a Champagne

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England Features 

Taittinger’s foray into England, Domaine Evremond, releases its first wine

January 28, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 3447 Views Sparkling wine

Back in 2015 I attended a press conference at Westminster Abbey announcing a launch of a new English sparkling wine

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Published today: my UK Sparkling Wine Guide 2025

January 19, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 3762 Views Sparkling wine

Normally things move slowly in the traditional world of wine. But around the fringes, things can move fast, and that’s

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Champagne Features France 

Most Memorable Champagnes of 2024

January 7, 2025September 28, 2025 Treve Ring 3731 Views Sparkling wine

Though Champagne sales have continued to slide worldwide, Goode and I have done our best to buoy the market this

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England Features TOP STORIES 

UK/English sparkling wine: a major study

December 20, 2024September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 3575 Views Sparkling wine

UK sparkling wine (almost all of which is from England) is at a very interesting phase. There are now lots

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California Features 

Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (8) Iron Horse

October 21, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 2052 Views Russian River Valley, Sonoma, Sparkling wine

Website: https://www.ironhorsevineyards.com/ Joy Sterling is making some of the USA’s best sparkling wines at Iron Horse, a winery founded by

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Australia Features Regions 

Ed Carr and House of Arras, exciting sparkling wines from Tasmania

October 18, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 2421 Views Sparkling wine, tasmania

Website: https://houseofarras.com.au/ The sparkling wine conversation has been dominated by Champagne for so long, but now this is changing. Other

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As the Michelin Guide turns to wine with its three-grape rating system, here are the big questions
Features Latest 

As the Michelin Guide turns to wine with its three-grape rating system, here are the big questions

December 3, 2025December 3, 2025 jamiegoode

From 2026 the Michelin Guide will continue its brand expansion by turning to rating wine producers. This will be done

Saravá, innovative low-intervention wines from Vinho Verde and Douro, Portugal
Features Latest Portugal 

Saravá, innovative low-intervention wines from Vinho Verde and Douro, Portugal

December 2, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode
Wine marketing: don’t mistake choice for preference
Features Latest 

Wine marketing: don’t mistake choice for preference

November 30, 2025November 30, 2025 jamiegoode
At Staffelter Hof in the Mosel, Jan-Matthias Klein has taken a bet on resistant varieties, vitisforestry and natural wine, and it’s working out
Features Germany Latest TOP STORIES 

At Staffelter Hof in the Mosel, Jan-Matthias Klein has taken a bet on resistant varieties, vitisforestry and natural wine, and it’s working out

November 28, 2025November 29, 2025 jamiegoode

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Wine anorak is one of the leading wine websites. This is the latest version of the site that began life in 1999, and was founded by Jamie Goode, who at the time was working as a science editor.

Since then it has grown, and Jamie is now a full-time wine writer, lecturer, wine judge and book author.

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